‘The Romans were the masters of Architecture and buildings.‘
Concrete was one of the things that the Romans invented, this helped the Romans develop the first roads. These first roads helped the Romans get around their empire more efficiently.
Romans were very famous for their growth in architecture and engineering. Before the Romans, the most commonly used building style was the post and lintel.
The Roman Architecture changed all this and advanced this by introducing new methods of architecture; The Columns and the Arches. With these methods the Romans were able to construct bigger temples and buildings than ever before. Roman architects used three types of columns throughout their long history. The first and most basic type was called the Doric Style. Its plain features where not as attractive as its futures forms but it served a great purpose - to hold up huge and heavy buildings.
The Ionic Style, with its more decorative base and top, was the next type to be used. It still had the same purpose as the Doric style but it further increased the awe power of the building it was used with. The Corinthian type was the King of all Columns. Its fine details and size made the other two types look like rather ordinary.
Arches were used not just for their immense support capabilities but as well for their power to amaze and glorify. The extensions of the arch idea lead to the development of domes. The largest dome built for 18 centuries was the Pantheon. The idea of the arch was further extended in the middle ages with the barrel vault and other types of vaults which became the central theme of the Romanesque and Gothic Cathedrals.
Cement was used to enhance arch construction which again allowed the Romans to expand buildings. For example the Coliseum used the arch system, along with concrete, to build a four story high stadium to seat over 50,000 spectators. In addition the Romans developed over 500 KM of aqueduct to bring fresh water into the capital city. This along with over 50,000 miles of roads, shows the size and strength of the empire's architecture.
Concrete was one of the things that the Romans invented, this helped the Romans develop the first roads. These first roads helped the Romans get around their empire more efficiently.
The main types of Roman art are architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic.
PAINTING The Ancient Romans used to paint such as animals, scenes from everyday life, portraits, and sometimes mythical creatures. They also liked to paint countryside scenes such as shepherds, herds, mountains, old temples, and cottages in the country. They used to paint still life pictures such as fruit, seashells, dead and alive animals, and food.
SCULPTURES Famous Greek sculptures:
Aphrodite de Milos a.k.a Venus De Milo - This sculpture of a beautiful woman was made between 130 - 100 BC, and it is thought to be a sculpture of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, who is the goddess of love and beauty.
2. Nike of Samothrace - The Nike of Samothrace is a sculpture of the goddess Nike. It was made during 3rd century BC.
Roman buildings seem to emulate Greek buildings, most notably with their use of classical columns. However, Roman architecture soon developed its own dynamic, versatile and practical style. This was arches, vaults and domes made by the Roman concrete. The Roman buildings were made of Opus intertum, the concrete that the Romans invented to help them make their buildings quickly. Roman buildings normally had an ark or a circular shape that was made of stone or Opus intertum. The Romans also used to carve shapes and pictures into stone which was only a luxury for the upper class citizens.
Buildings in Rome Some buildings in Rome are famous for what they are made out of and what they had been used for. Some are famous because the empires lived in there. In Rome each emperor that came and went tried to change something about the city that was one a pile of dirt, now it has great buildings and even greater people to build them. Now this city has build a great mind and has built it into marble, which is a strong parents.
by christian
Another name for a Roman town house is domus, and they were used for family houses. Most of these houses were built around an atrium. Atriums were central areas in the house that nearly all of the rooms came off and they often had open roofs. Atriums with open roofs had trough built into the floor to collect the water when it rained.
AN ANTRIUM WITH AN OPEN ROOF and A TROUGH Coming off the atrium was a second open courtyard called a peristylum. In this area was a garden that had a few rooms coming off of it. In wealthy Roman houses, the gardens were used as a meeting point. Peristylums were made to be shady and comfortable so that people could meet in them whatever the weather was like. Main rooms were decorated with coloured walls and sometimes mosaics. Decorated rooms were a sign that you were wealthy and important. The more impressive mosaics had to be done by expensive experts. Houses had water piped directly to them whereas flats and apartments didn't. Lead pipes brought water to the house. If you had a bigger pipe going to your house you had to pay more tax. You could tell the wealth of an owner of a Roman house by looking at the size of the pipes that brought water to the house. QUESTIONS: (Mollie has answers)
The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa who was Augustus Cesar's best general and best friend. Agrippa built the temple during his third consulship the Counsel is the highest elected office in the Roman republic and an appointive office in the Roman Empire. The Pantheon is a temple to all of the gods of Ancient Rome and this temple was rebuilt by the Emperor Hadrian in around 126AD. The temple is beautiful it is one of the biggest temples in the Ancient Roman Empire. The building is circular and it is held up by 3 ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns. After ancient roman times the temple was turned into a Christian church in 609 AD it is called the church of Saint Mary and the martyrs. This temple is also one of the top visited places in the entire world.
Architecture/Buildings The emperor Titus opened the Colosseum in 80 AD and it was around 100 days of games which are now know as the Olympics but back in those days and their Olympic games they had animals involved and this particular games 9,000 animals died. The crowds came to the games to see fighting and blood as well as the colour and display of public celebrations. The proper name of the Colosseum is the Flavian Amphitheatre. Nero planned the construction of the Colosseum but he sadly died before it was opened in 80 A.D. The Colosseum's spectator capacity was about 50,000 persons, worthy guests, slaves and a certain number of common people filled up the colosseum. Commoners, slaves and foreigners were seated right under the canvas roof, where it was hottest. Dead gladiators and animals killed in exhibitions at the Colosseum had their own exit. It was called the Libitinarian Gate which was named after Libitina, the goddess of funerals. The word Colosseum comes from a "colossal" which represents the life of Nero by having statue of Nero that stood near the stadium. The word "arena" is Latin for sand because sand was spread across the amphitheatre fighting floor to soak up blood. The closets attraction to the colosseum is the Arch of Constantine and that is only 100m away from it the next closest is the Arch of Titus which is only 300 metres from it.
HOUSES OF THE POOR The lower class Romans lived in apartment houses or flats usually above or behind their shops. Even the wealthier tradesmen sometimes choose to live in a building connected to their shop. The apartments might be quite roomy, sanitary and pleasant occasionally having running water. While the wealthier lived in these sorts of places, the poor spent their life in a one room house, sharing it with their whole family. These houses didn’t have running water installed into the house, often having to haul the water in from the public facilities. Most flats were made out of wood and didn’t have toilets.
HOUSES OF THE WEALTHY The upper class Romans lived very different to the poor. Houses were typically made of brick with red tile roofs. They were often centred around a courtyard. The windows and balconies faced the courtyard to keep homes safe from robbers. The houses included paintings on the walls and mosaics on the floor. There was minimum furniture and no carpet. Wealthy Romans may have a house with a front door, bedrooms, office, a kitchen, a dining room, an atrium, a toilet, a garden, a temple and a private bath. Pasted from <http://rome.mrdonn.org/houses.html>
Ancient Rome had many styles of architecture such as arches, columns, dome roofs and many very detailed sculptures and carvings. Some of these idea originated from ancient Greece but the Romans were greatly influenced by them therefore using their style of architecture. Marcus Vitruvius a Roman architect believed that everything in Roman architecture has to be precise by making sure that the proportion, symmetry and mathematical working out to make sure that the building always turned out correctly.
When Roman engineers would build roads on boggy ground, they would put down sheepskins and bunches of sticks as foundations, so that the road wouldn't sink. Ancient Rome architecture is very unique.
Ancient Rome had many buildings like temples, houses, theatres, apartments and many more. The one place in every town that was the busiest was named the forum. The forum was a space in the middle of the town that was quite large. Romans would go to the forum every day and they would meet other Romans and they would buy food, clothing and other items from the market. Most of the other important buildings would be surrounding the forum. There would be many temples. Temples would take a long time to build and are some of the most beautiful buildings in Ancient Rome. In the forum there was a theatre and a basilica. The basilica was a building for the town court and offices. The Aqueducts were the most important architectural structures in Ancient Rome.
No houses in Ancient home would have had a bathroom because they would use public bathhouses in the city.
In the inside of a Roman villa was very decorative because the Romans loved decorating their houses. The inside of the villa's had floors of mosaics and pictures made out of stone rocks and stones. The walls would often be decorated with paintings that are called frescoes. Frescoes were quite often paintings of the Roman Landscape, god and goddesses and pictures and portraits of family animals.
In Ancient Rome there were many different types of houses. The poor Romans would live in high-rise apartments that would be very dirty with many people so it was very crowded. The poorest people always lived on the very top floor and they would always have climb up and down the most stairs. Romans that were richer lived in villas. Villas are very beautiful. They were made out of limestone and clay and the corners in the villas were brick or stone. The rooves would be made out of flat tiles and ridged tiles. The richest Ancient Romans had three villas. They would have one in the city, one in the country and one by the ocean. They also owned a house were their slaves would sleep called a villa rustica. Pasted from <http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Romearch1.html>
The Colosseum During the times of Ancient Rome, a large oval shaped Colosseum was built and was the largest public entertainment area in the world. The Colosseum seated 50 000 spectators. The Colosseum took 10 year to build. It had four storeys which all had windows, arches and columns and on the ground floor, there were 76 entrances. To get to the seats, people would walk up ramps. Seats varied depending on how rich the people were. Woman and the poor would stand or sit on wooden benches on the 4th floor. The emperor and the gladiators who were to compete had their own special entrances. When the arena was first built, it could be filled with water but this was not good for the floor or foundations so the water was drained away.
Housing Lower class Romans lived in apartments usually behind their store or above it. Sometimes families all had to cram into one room with no running water or toilet, most building were made from wood so fires were big threats with people cooking in jam packed courtyards. Apartments were also called insulae. These rooms contained 2 rooms at the most. The apartments of ancient Greece were also made from mud brick but usually they lived in tall wooden houses or brick houses. Wealthy Romans had their own homes where everyone in their family lived together including their grand-parents. Homes were mainly made from brick and had red tiled roofs or no roof, all the windows never faced the streets so thieves don’t break in. There were nice paintings on the walls and nice flooring on the floor, there was never much furniture in the house. Some wealthy Romans might have a front door, study room, their own kitchen, a dining room, their own bath and toilet, an entering hall and maybe even a temple. There were also villas. They only lived in one storey houses. Roman houses were very strong, on the sides of the house were the bedrooms and across from the front door the parents slept.
Concrete was one of the things that the Romans invented, this helped the Romans develop the first roads. These first roads helped the Romans get around their empire more efficiently.
Romans were very famous for their growth in architecture and engineering. Before the Romans, the most commonly used building style was the post and lintel.
The Roman Architecture changed all this and advanced this by introducing new methods of architecture; The Columns and the Arches. With these methods the Romans were able to construct bigger temples and buildings than ever before.
Roman architects used three types of columns throughout their long history. The first and most basic type was called the Doric Style. Its plain features where not as attractive as its futures forms but it served a great purpose - to hold up huge and heavy buildings.
The Ionic Style, with its more decorative base and top, was the next type to be used. It still had the same purpose as the Doric style but it further increased the awe power of the building it was used with. The Corinthian type was the King of all Columns. Its fine details and size made the other two types look like rather ordinary.
Arches were used not just for their immense support capabilities but as well for their power to amaze and glorify. The extensions of the arch idea lead to the development of domes. The largest dome built for 18 centuries was the Pantheon. The idea of the arch was further extended in the middle ages with the barrel vault and other types of vaults which became the central theme of the Romanesque and Gothic Cathedrals.
Cement was used to enhance arch construction which again allowed the Romans to expand buildings. For example the Coliseum used the arch system, along with concrete, to build a four story high stadium to seat over 50,000 spectators.
In addition the Romans developed over 500 KM of aqueduct to bring fresh water into the capital city. This along with over 50,000 miles of roads, shows the size and strength of the empire's architecture.
Concrete was one of the things that the Romans invented, this helped the Romans develop the first roads. These first roads helped the Romans get around their empire more efficiently.
http://www.roman-colosseum.info/roman-architecture/roman-arches.htm
Try this Roman Quiz and see if you know these famous buildings of the Roman Empire
http://www.the-romans.co.uk/quizzes/quiz6.5_ff.htm
The main types of Roman art are architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic.
PAINTING
The Ancient Romans used to paint such as animals, scenes from everyday life, portraits, and sometimes mythical creatures. They also liked to paint countryside scenes such as shepherds, herds, mountains, old temples, and cottages in the country.
They used to paint still life pictures such as fruit, seashells, dead and alive animals, and food.
SCULPTURES
Famous Greek sculptures:
2. Nike of Samothrace - The Nike of Samothrace is a sculpture of the goddess Nike. It was made during 3rd century BC.
Roman buildings seem to emulate Greek buildings, most notably with their use of classical columns. However, Roman architecture soon developed its own dynamic, versatile and practical style. This was arches, vaults and domes made by the Roman concrete. The Roman buildings were made of Opus intertum, the concrete that the Romans invented to help them make their buildings quickly. Roman buildings normally had an ark or a circular shape that was made of stone or Opus intertum. The Romans also used to carve shapes and pictures into stone which was only a luxury for the upper class citizens.
Buildings in Rome
Some buildings in Rome are famous for what they are made out of and what they had been used for. Some are famous because the empires lived in there. In Rome each emperor that came and went tried to change something about the city that was one a pile of dirt, now it has great buildings and even greater people to build them. Now this city has build a great mind and has built it into marble, which is a strong parents.
by christian
Another name for a Roman town house is domus, and they were used for family houses. Most of these houses were built around an atrium. Atriums were central areas in the house that nearly all of the rooms came off and they often had open roofs. Atriums with open roofs had trough built into the floor to collect the water when it rained.
AN ANTRIUM WITH AN OPEN ROOF and A TROUGH
Coming off the atrium was a second open courtyard called a peristylum. In this area was a garden that had a few rooms coming off of it. In wealthy Roman houses, the gardens were used as a meeting point. Peristylums were made to be shady and comfortable so that people could meet in them whatever the weather was like.
Main rooms were decorated with coloured walls and sometimes mosaics. Decorated rooms were a sign that you were wealthy and important. The more impressive mosaics had to be done by expensive experts.
Houses had water piped directly to them whereas flats and apartments didn't. Lead pipes brought water to the house. If you had a bigger pipe going to your house you had to pay more tax. You could tell the wealth of an owner of a Roman house by looking at the size of the pipes that brought water to the house.
QUESTIONS:
(Mollie has answers)
WEBSITES USED:
http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/entertainment.htm
http://rome.mrdonn.org/houses.html
http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-house.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_houses.htm
By ~Molldogger~
The Pantheon
The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa who was Augustus Cesar's best general and best friend. Agrippa built the temple during his third consulship the Counsel is the highest elected office in the Roman republic and an appointive office in the Roman Empire. The Pantheon is a temple to all of the gods of Ancient Rome and this temple was rebuilt by the Emperor Hadrian in around 126AD. The temple is beautiful it is one of the biggest temples in the Ancient Roman Empire. The building is circular and it is held up by 3 ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns. After ancient roman times the temple was turned into a Christian church in 609 AD it is called the church of Saint Mary and the martyrs. This temple is also one of the top visited places in the entire world.
A model of the pantheon Right
Below the Pantheon in real life
By Nikolas Petrovski
Websites used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome
Pictures used Google images The Pantheon
Architecture/Buildings
The emperor Titus opened the Colosseum in 80 AD and it was around 100 days of games which are now know as the Olympics but back in those days and their Olympic games they had animals involved and this particular games 9,000 animals died. The crowds came to the games to see fighting and blood as well as the colour and display of public celebrations. The proper name of the Colosseum is the Flavian Amphitheatre. Nero planned the construction of the Colosseum but he sadly died before it was opened in 80 A.D. The Colosseum's spectator capacity was about 50,000 persons, worthy guests, slaves and a certain number of common people filled up the colosseum. Commoners, slaves and foreigners were seated right under the canvas roof, where it was hottest. Dead gladiators and animals killed in exhibitions at the Colosseum had their own exit. It was called the Libitinarian Gate which was named after Libitina, the goddess of funerals. The word Colosseum comes from a "colossal" which represents the life of Nero by having statue of Nero that stood near the stadium. The word "arena" is Latin for sand because sand was spread across the amphitheatre fighting floor to soak up blood. The closets attraction to the colosseum is the Arch of Constantine and that is only 100m away from it the next closest is the Arch of Titus which is only 300 metres from it.
ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS
Concrete was invented by the Ancient Roman’s and is one of many recourses which is still used today. If concrete wasn’t invented, we would not have things like roads, arches, and buildings.
http://www.roman-colosseum.info/roman-architecture/ancient-roman-architecture.htm
ANCIENT ROME HOUSES
HOUSES OF THE POOR
The lower class Romans lived in apartment houses or flats usually above or behind their shops. Even the wealthier tradesmen sometimes choose to live in a building connected to their shop. The apartments might be quite roomy, sanitary and pleasant occasionally having running water. While the wealthier lived in these sorts of places, the poor spent their life in a one room house, sharing it with their whole family.
These houses didn’t have running water installed into the house, often having to haul the water in from the public facilities. Most flats were made out of wood and didn’t have toilets.
HOUSES OF THE WEALTHY
The upper class Romans lived very different to the poor. Houses were typically made of brick with red tile roofs. They were often centred around a courtyard. The windows and balconies faced the courtyard to keep homes safe from robbers. The houses included paintings on the walls and mosaics on the floor. There was minimum furniture and no carpet. Wealthy Romans may have a house with a front door, bedrooms, office, a kitchen, a dining room, an atrium, a toilet, a garden, a temple and a private bath.
Pasted from <http://rome.mrdonn.org/houses.html>
Ancient Rome had many styles of architecture such as arches, columns, dome roofs and many very detailed sculptures and carvings. Some of these idea originated from ancient Greece but the Romans were greatly influenced by them therefore using their style of architecture. Marcus Vitruvius a Roman architect believed that everything in Roman architecture has to be precise by making sure that the proportion, symmetry and mathematical working out to make sure that the building always turned out correctly.
When Roman engineers would build roads on boggy ground, they would put down sheepskins and bunches of sticks as foundations, so that the road wouldn't sink.
Ancient Rome architecture is very unique.
Ancient Rome had many buildings like temples, houses, theatres, apartments and many more. The one place in every town that was the busiest was named the forum. The forum was a space in the middle of the town that was quite large. Romans would go to the forum every day and they would meet other Romans and they would buy food, clothing and other items from the market. Most of the other important buildings would be surrounding the forum.
There would be many temples. Temples would take a long time to build and are some of the most beautiful buildings in Ancient Rome. In the forum there was a theatre and a basilica. The basilica was a building for the town court and offices. The Aqueducts were the most important architectural structures in Ancient Rome.
No houses in Ancient home would have had a bathroom because they would use public bathhouses in the city.
In the inside of a Roman villa was very decorative because the Romans loved decorating their houses. The inside of the villa's had floors of mosaics and pictures made out of stone rocks and stones. The walls would often be decorated with paintings that are called frescoes.
Frescoes were quite often paintings of the Roman Landscape, god and goddesses and pictures and portraits of family animals.
In Ancient Rome there were many different types of houses. The poor Romans would live in high-rise apartments that would be very dirty with many people so it was very crowded. The poorest people always lived on the very top floor and they would always have climb up and down the most stairs.
Romans that were richer lived in villas.
Villas are very beautiful. They were made out of limestone and clay and the corners in the villas were brick or stone. The rooves would be made out of flat tiles and ridged tiles.
The richest Ancient Romans had three villas. They would have one in the city, one in the country and one by the ocean. They also owned a house were their slaves would sleep called a villa rustica.
Pasted from <http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Romearch1.html>
The Colosseum
During the times of Ancient Rome, a large oval shaped Colosseum was built and was the largest public entertainment area in the world. The Colosseum seated 50 000 spectators. The Colosseum took 10 year to build. It had four storeys which all had windows, arches and columns and on the ground floor, there were 76 entrances. To get to the seats, people would walk up ramps. Seats varied depending on how rich the people were. Woman and the poor would stand or sit on wooden benches on the 4th floor. The emperor and the gladiators who were to compete had their own special entrances.
When the arena was first built, it could be filled with water but this was not good for the floor or foundations so the water was drained away.
Housing
Lower class Romans lived in apartments usually behind their store or above it. Sometimes families all had to cram into one room with no running water or toilet, most building were made from wood so fires were big threats with people cooking in jam packed courtyards. Apartments were also called insulae. These rooms contained 2 rooms at the most. The apartments of ancient Greece were also made from mud brick but usually they lived in tall wooden houses or brick houses.
Wealthy Romans had their own homes where everyone in their family lived together including their grand-parents. Homes were mainly made from brick and had red tiled roofs or no roof, all the windows never faced the streets so thieves don’t break in. There were nice paintings on the walls and nice flooring on the floor, there was never much furniture in the house. Some wealthy Romans might have a front door, study room, their own kitchen, a dining room, their own bath and toilet, an entering hall and maybe even a temple. There were also villas. They only lived in one storey houses.
Roman houses were very strong, on the sides of the house were the bedrooms and across from the front door the parents slept.